Adventures in the B Movie Trade

Adventures in the B Movie Trade
Author: Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2020-09-26
Genre:
ISBN:

Follow the daredevil adventures of Anglo Australian film maker - and Ozploitation pioneer - Brian Trenchard-Smith through a 50 year career dedicated to giving his audience thrills, spills, laughs and gasps. "The Man From Hong Kong", "Turkey Shoot," " Dead End Drive In", "Siege Of Firebase Gloria", "Stunt Rock", "Leprechaun 3 & 4," and Nicole Kidman's first film "BMX Bandits" have earned his work a cult following. His TV output includes "Silk Stalkings"," Five Mile Creek", "Tarzan", "Flipper", "Chemistry". The Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Quentin Tarantino dubbed him his " favorite obscure director....great energy, great sense of humor." Brian Trenchard-Smith's wry, insightful tales of the creative challenges of low budget movie making all over the world is both a personal journey and a portrait of his era.

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers
Author: John B. Monroe
Publisher: Chaosium
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1990-10-01
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9780933635692

Out of the Past

Out of the Past
Author: Barry Gifford
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1988
Genre: Film criticism
ISBN: 9781617034497

Adventures in the Screen Trade

Adventures in the Screen Trade
Author: William Goldman
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012-06-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1455525464

Enter Hollywood's inner sanctums in this gosippy and honest book, named one the top 100 film books of all time by The Hollywood Reporter, by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and bestselling author of The Primcess Bride. No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of The Princess Bride, Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you behind the scenes for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, and other films . . . .into the plush offices of Hollywood producers . . ..into the working lives of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman, and Hoffman...and into his own professional experiences and creative thought processes in the crafting of screenplays. You get a firsthand look at why and how films get made and what elements make a good screenplay. Says columnist Liz Smith, "You'll be fascinated.."

Pictures from the Water Trade

Pictures from the Water Trade
Author: John David Morley
Publisher: St Martins Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 1995
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780312135874

The author describes his experiences as a student in Japan and offers an inside look at the nightclubs and geisha bars of Tokyo

Danger on the Silver Screen

Danger on the Silver Screen
Author: Scott McGee
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0762474831

Turner Classic Movies presents a heart-racing look into the world of stunt work featuring films that capture the exhilaration of a car chase, the comedy of a well timed prat fall, or the adrenaline rush from a fight scene complete with reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and hundreds of photographs. Buckle in and join TCM on a action-packed journey through the history of cinema stunt work in Danger on the Silver Screen. This action-packed guide profiles 50 foundational films with insightful commentary on the history, importance, and evolution of an often overlooked element of film: stunt work. With insightful commentary and additional recommendations to expand your repertoire based on your favorites, Danger on the Silver Screen is a one-of-a-kind guide, perfect for film lovers to learn more about or just brush up on their knowledge of stunt work and includes films such as Ben-Hur (1925 & 1959), The Great K&A Train Robbery (1926), Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928), The Thing from Another World (1951), Bullitt (1968), Live and Let Die (1973), The Blues Brothers (1980), Romancing the Stone (1984), The Matrix (1999), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), John Wick (2014), Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation (2015), Atomic Blonde (2017), and many more.

The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World

The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World
Author: Dave Montalbano
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2010-12-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1462836739

The Adventures of Cinema Dave is a celebration of films from the turn of the recent century. Dave Montalbano, alias Cinema Dave, wrote over 500 film reviews and interviewed Hollywood Legends such as Fay Wray, Louise Fletcher, Dyan Cannon and new talent like Josh Hutcherson, Jane Lynch and Courtney Ford. With South Florida as his home base, Cinema Dave details his growing involvement with the Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Delray Film Festivals, while covering local interest stories about individuals who contribute to the film culture. Featuring a fun introduction from Cindy Morgan, actress from Caddyshack and Tron fame, and an extensive appendix of Literary Cinema, The Adventures of Cinema Dave is a saga about one mans bibliomania and his pursuit of an entertaining story in the big cave known as cinema.